 | 1863 - 656 pages
...area is covered with " gigantic trees of a primitive forest ;" and, say Messrs. Squier and Davis, " in entering the ancient avenue for the " first time,...feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian temple, " or in gazing upon the silent ruins of Petra of the desert." The city of Circleville takes its name... | |
 | William Pidgeon - 1858 - 362 pages
...deep ditches • on either side. In entering this ancient avenue for the first time, the visitor can not fail to experience a sensation of awe, such as...feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian temple. The area of this circle is something over thirty acres. It is perfectly level, and thickly clad with... | |
 | William Pidgeon - 1858 - 350 pages
...ancient avenue for the first time, the visitor can not fail to experience a sensation of awe, snch as he might feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian temple. The area of this circle is something over thirty acres. It is perfectly level, and thickly clad with... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1863 - 470 pages
...area is covered with " gigantic trees of a primitive forest ;" and, say Messrs. Squier and Davis, " in entering the ancient avenue for the first time, the visitor does not fail to experience n sensation of awe, such as he might feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian temple, or in gazing... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1865 - 560 pages
...whole area is covered with "gigantic trees of a primitive forest ;" and, say 'Messrs. Squier and Davis, "in entering the ancient avenue for the first time,...feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian temple, or in gazing upon the silent ruins of Petra of the desert." The city of Circleville takes its name... | |
 | 1868 - 760 pages
...area is covered with " gigantic trees of a primitive forest ;" and, say Messrs. Squier and Davis, " in entering the ancient avenue for the " first time,...not fail to experience a sensation of awe, " such ae he might feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian temple, "or in gazing upon the silent ruins... | |
 | John Wells Foster - 1874 - 432 pages
...gigantic trees of a primitive forest, the work truly presents a grand and impressive appearance ; and in entering the ancient avenue for the first time,...he might feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian *" Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley," p. 67. WORKS AT NEWARK. 127 temple, or in gazing upon... | |
 | 1874 - 418 pages
...gigantic trees of a primitive forest, the work truly presents a grand and impressive appearance ; and in entering the ancient avenue for the first time,...sensation of awe, such as he might feel in passing the ]x.>rtals of an Egyptian temple, or in gazing upon the ruins of Petra of the Desert." Passing out of... | |
 | Ben Douglass - 1878 - 904 pages
...deep. The whole area is covered with gigantic, primitive trees, and, according to Squier and Davis, in " entering the ancient avenue for the first time...feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian temple, or in gazing upon the silent ruins of Petra of the desert. " The city of Circleville takes its name... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1878 - 704 pages
...whole area is covered with "gigantic trees of a primitive forest;" and, say Messrs. Squier and Davis, " in entering the ancient avenue for the first time,...not fail to experience a sensation of awe, such as ho might feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian temple, or gazing upon the silent ruins of Petra... | |
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in entering the ancient avenue for the " first time, the visitor does not fail to experience a sensation of awe, " such as he might feel in passing the portals of an Egyptian temple, " or in gazing upon the silent ruins of Petra of the desert. 
